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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

The aluCine Toronto Latin Film & Media Arts Festival has put out a call for submissions for their 12th annual festival which runs later this fall. They accept films in all genres which showcases the work of Latin artists living in Canada and the Diaspora.

There is no entry fee. The deadline for submitting is April 30, 2011.

Film and video works will require English subtitles.

aluCine is organized by Southern Currents / Corrientes del Sur,
a Toronto-based, non-for-profit organization dedicated to the
development and presentation of contemporary media art by local artists
of Latin American heritage; the presentation of international Latino
works in Canada; and the presentation of Canadian works in Latin America
and elsewhere.

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aluCine 2011 Call for Submissions

aluCine accepts
submissions in all genres, experimental, fiction, doc, animation, video
art, web of all lengths and subject matter below 30 minutes. All works
selected for aluCine are eligible for the Festival Awards (TBA). All
films produced outside of Canada are considered international
submissions. For submission purposes the Festival accepts DVD (All
Formats and Regions). If selected to screen at the Festival, we accept
the following exhibition formats: BetacamSp (NTSC), DigiBeta (NTSC),
35mm, MINI DV, Super 8 and 16mm.

Please
note that the entry form must be submitted to aluCine on or before the
deadlines outlined above. The entry form must also be printed out and
sent with you submission following enclosures:

Do not send film prints, master tapes or other originals. Note that aluCine does not accept international shipments via United Parcel Services (UPS) since this courier does not deliver international duty-free shipments to Toronto.

PROGRAMMING

All
of aluCine screening programs are curated and all submissions will be
fully considered by aluCine’s programmers. Applicants will be notified
by email by late June if their work has been selected. The decision of
the programmers is final. If a film is selected for screening at the
festival, the entrant grants aluCine the right to utilize publicity
materials related to the production (i.e. press kits, posters, stills,
etc.) for promotional purposes, to broadcast or screen clips of a
maximum of five minutes and to make dubs of their film for publicity
purposes only.

RETURN OF EXHIBITION PRINTS / TAPES

aluCine
will not be returning miniDV tapes only 35mm, 16mm, Super 8, BetacamSP
tape and DigiBeta tapes. For exhibition purposes, the festival
requires one of the following: 35mm film print, BetacamSP tape (NTSC), a
DigiBeta tape (NTSC) MiniDV, 16mm print or Super 8. The deadline for
receiving exhibition prints/tapes is TBA. The entrant is responsible for
transportation and shipping of exhibition prints/tapes one way. All
exhibition prints/tapes will be returned within four weeks after the
festival to the 'primary contact' address listed on the Entry Form. If
the film/video must be returned to an alternate address, the Festival
must receive advance notification. aluCine will retain one copy of each film/video presented for archival purposes.

AWARDS

A
jury comprised of international and local film video makers, writers,
poets and academics selects winning films/videos in all award
categories.